| HUD | Paul Newman was touted as "The Man With The Barbed Wire Soul" in this 1963 award-winner (3) |
| OHIO | State where Paul Newman was born |
| NOMANSLAND | The barbed wire-strewn and bullet-ridden area between two entrenched armies (2-3'1-4) |
| GORDON | Belying his name, this 1963 train robber who died in January 2016 was definitely a baddie! (6,5) |
| GOODY | Belying his name, this 1963 train robber who died in January 2016 was definitely a baddie! (6, 5) |
| PARATA | His wedding day to Felicity 'Flick' Newman was interrupted by an accident in Home and Away (6) |
| TANE | His wedding day to Felicity 'Flick' Newman was interrupted by an accident in Home and Away (4) |
| HOIST | Not a soul in this broken down lift (5) |
| STP | Engine additive touted as "The Racer's Edge" |
| TIN | Jack Haley clanked around as the ... Man in the 1939 classic, The Wizard of Oz |
| GAS | In the game of propanda and money, this fossil-based air-borne stuff is touted as less of a polluter than oil. (3) |
| LON | Mr. Chaney, actor known as The Man of a Thousand Faces (3) |
| MEL | Blanc who was known as "The Man of a Thousand Voices" |
| BED | Flower place surrounded by barbed wire (3) |
| ODE | Martin Espada's "___ to the Soccer Ball Sailing Over a Barbed Wire Fence" |
| PAL | Successful tipster may be touted as punters' -- (3) |
| MIDAS | Is mad as the man with the golden touch (5) |
| FISTFUL | A --- of Dollars, first film starring Clint Eastwood as the Man with No Name |
| HOLDBACK | Check one's progress, as the man with lumbago may do (4,4) |
| EDSEL | Ford flop touted as the car of the future |
